Chapter 56: I am the Martial Forest Alliance Leader?

Chen Yuan believed what Thirteen Lang Luo said was true.

This guy had a straightforward personality, and was even a bit stubborn.

Zhi Shilang actually had more than one adopted son, but as the Sun Exchange Alliance fell apart, many of them left or even switched sides.

Only Thirteen Lang Luo fought for Zhi Shilang until the end, not hesitating to risk his life.

Since he could go to such lengths for Zhi Shilang, now that he believed Chen Yuan had saved his life, he would do the same for Chen Yuan.

His words about not shrinking from ten thousand deaths were not an exaggeration or a mere courtesy, but a promise.

“Brother Luo, this is no place to linger. The Demon Sealing Valley has collapsed, and many surrounding forces will surely come to investigate. It’s better to leave now.”

At the moment, both Chen Yuan and Thirteen Lang Luo’s Internal Energy were nearly exhausted, and Chen Yuan was suffering from a depletion of his vital energy and blood due to the excessive eruption of his Blood Fiend Force.

The collapse of the Demon Sealing Valley had caused quite a stir. If it drew in others with ill intentions, they wouldn’t be able to hold their ground in their current state.

The two of them discussed it and decided to part ways right there at the Demon Sealing Valley.

Chen Yuan was going to Ning Province. He planned to find a place to heal his injuries first and digest the Cultivation Technique within the yunling jade.

Thirteen Lang Luo had also been out for some time, and he needed to return to the Sun Exchange Alliance in Yan Province.

“Brother Chen, the Jianghu is vast. Let’s meet again another day. If you ever need anything, come find me at the Sun Exchange Alliance in Yan Province. I will never shrink from any task, even at the cost of my life!”

Thirteen Lang Luo gave a solemn cupped-fist salute in farewell.

Chen Yuan also cupped his fists. “Asking for your help is fine, but there’s no need to die. Brother Luo, take care on your journey.”

Thirteen Lang Luo nodded heavily, then suddenly said, “Brother Chen, we’ve shared a life-and-death experience. Can you tell me your real name now?”

“How did you know I was using a pseudonym?”

Chen Yuan was a bit embarrassed and surprised.

When did he reveal a flaw?

Thirteen Lang Luo laughed honestly. “I’m not very bright, so my adoptive father told me to speak less and watch more, and to learn how to read people.

Brother Chen, you hesitated when you said your name back then. It’s impossible for someone to be unfamiliar with their own name, right?

But I could feel that you had no ill will toward me. Besides, we’re all Jianghu People; it’s normal to keep some things to ourselves when traveling.”

Chen Yuan looked at Luo Lie with some surprise. He hadn’t expected Luo Lie to possess a sort of wisdom hidden beneath his simple exterior.

“Forgive me, Brother Luo. My real name is Chen Yuan. I offended some powerful figures back in Youzhou, so I had to hide my identity.”

Since he had been found out, Chen Yuan didn’t hide it any further.

In the original plot, Thirteen Lang Luo’s character had been proven; he was a rare person of loyalty and integrity.

Making friends with someone like Thirteen Lang Luo was much easier than dealing with hypocrites.

“I knew it. The name Chen Tian sounds so casual.”

Thirteen Lang Luo laughed loudly. “Brother Chen, since we’re making our way in the Jianghu, we should be a bit more particular about our names.

Look, they all call me Thirteen Lang Luo. This name sounds extraordinary.

Chen Tian is too ordinary. Since it’s a fake name anyway, why not choose something more grand?

My adoptive father often said a man should have ambitions that reach the Nine Heavens to soar through the world. Wouldn’t Chen Jiutian be much more impressive?

Alright, Brother Chen, it’s not safe to stay here. I’ll take my leave and head back to Yan Province.

If your enemies from Youzhou come looking for trouble, you can always come to the Sun Exchange Alliance to find me.

As long as I, Luo Lie, and the Sun Exchange Alliance are here, we will surely keep you safe!”

Thirteen Lang Luo cupped his fists and left, but Chen Yuan stood frozen in place, his eyes filled with shock.

Chen Jiutian?

The mysterious Martial Forest Alliance Leader, Chen Jiutian, who only appeared in the final chapter of the plot?

Before this, Chen Yuan had never associated himself with the Martial Forest Alliance Leader, Chen Jiutian.

Even choosing the pseudonym Chen Tian was a spur-of-the-moment decision; he hadn’t given it much thought.

But hearing Thirteen Lang Luo suddenly say those three characters forced Chen Yuan to think more deeply.

The original plot only had a preview of that mysterious Martial Forest Alliance Leader, without any direct description.

It mostly used cryptic, indirect descriptions to showcase the power and prestige of this Martial Forest Alliance Leader.

For example, the boss of the third version, the ‘Chi Lian Demon Lord’ Chu Hongshang, who had killed countless people, didn’t even respect her own Sect Master, yet she submitted only to Chen Jiutian.

And now, Chu Hongshang had been sent to the Wanmo Sect by him and was preparing to become the Chi Lian Demon Lord!

One thing might be a coincidence, but two things are not.

Chen Yuan now felt as if an invisible giant hand was steering the plot he had disrupted back to its original course through another means.

Rubbing his head, Chen Yuan sighed.

It seemed he had been wrong from the very beginning.

He had originally thought he had transmigrated into a minor character, a background NPC, but now it seemed things weren’t that simple.

In the original plot, only Qin Yuancheng and Chu Ziping were explicitly set up to die by Jiang Kaitai.

‘Chen Yuan,’ a background-like character, had no direct description.

After his Transmigration, Chen Yuan had subconsciously assumed that in the original plot, ‘he’ must have been killed by the Murong Clan’s wrath along with the other members of the Heaven Wolf Gang.

But in reality, why couldn’t ‘he’ have escaped?

This body’s talent far exceeded that of an ordinary Martial Artist; calling it a martial arts prodigy wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

As long as he could escape and grow after enduring hardships and trials, it seemed possible for him to eventually become the Martial Forest Alliance Leader who unified the world and was worshipped by both good and evil.

A Genius who dies young isn’t a Genius; only a Genius who grows up has the potential to stand at the Peak of the Jianghu.

Gently tapping his head, Chen Yuan felt his mind was a bit of a mess.

According to the preview in the final chapter, this Martial Forest Alliance Leader didn’t become the leader through prestige.

Instead, he slaughtered his way through the entire Martial Forest, making both the righteous and evil paths worship him, and forcing the three lineages of Dao, Buddhism, and Demon to bow down.

Even the Daxia Dynasty was completely overthrown by him, changing the very world.

But the problem was, the preview wouldn’t mention what opportunities he encountered or what treasures he obtained along the way.

So even if Chen Yuan had confirmed his identity now, it was of no use.

He was still just Chen Yuan, a Loose Cultivator from Youzhou, not the world-dominating Martial Forest Alliance Leader, Chen Jiutian.

Shaking his head, Chen Yuan stopped thinking about those things for now; it was better to be realistic.

His Internal Energy was currently depleted and his vital energy was deficient; lingering here in a daze was too dangerous. It was better to find a place to heal for now.

An hour later, within the ruins of the Demon Sealing Valley.

The Formation was destroyed, the valley had split apart, and the Demon Sealing Valley, which had existed for over a thousand years, was completely ruined today.

At this moment, amidst the dust-covered ruins, a figure stood up. Though disheveled, her figure was slender and graceful; it was Bai Xuewei.

Bai Xuewei’s white clothes were now covered in blood and dust. She herself was severely injured, with several bloody holes appearing on her body.

At her feet lay the corpses of Zhao Xuan Xin and Xie Tianyun.

Xie Tianyun’s corpse had been torn apart by the black spikes transformed from the Corpse Forest.

Zhao Xuan Xin practiced Buddhist Cultivation Techniques, and his Physical Body was powerful and solid, so although he was pierced by countless bloody holes, he remained intact.

Bai Xuewei was able to survive not because she was strong, but because she had ambushed Xie Tianyun and Zhao Xuan Xin at the first Opportunity.

She first used a secret technique to absorb Xie Tianyun’s blood energy into her body, and then used Zhao Xuan Xin as a meat shield, hiding behind him.

All of this happened in a flash. The two of them never imagined that the woman they loved most would ambush them at a life-and-death moment, and they had no reaction at all.

With Xie Tianyun dead, Bai Xuewei used his blood energy to mask her own aura and deceive the Corpse Forest.

Zhao Xuan Xin blocked that wave of dark-colored spikes for her. Although she was still pierced by several bloody holes, she managed to maintain a sliver of life.

Looking at the ruined Demon Sealing Valley, a sinister expression appeared on Bai Xuewei’s beautiful face.

After all that scheming, everything still came to nothing!

Although she had indeed broken free from the Three Absolute Evil Venerable, without the Demon Sealing Valley, the demon weapon Corpse Forest, and the good reputation accumulated over a thousand years, what did she have left?

Bai Xuewei had schemed so much, but she never expected her plans to be disrupted by a Jianghu person who was originally destined to be a Blood Sacrifice.

She didn’t know who Chen Yuan really was, but Bai Xuewei had already etched his face deep into her heart.

Despite her hatred, Bai Xuewei immediately dragged her heavily injured body away in a disheveled state.

The commotion was so big that Jianghu People would surely come to investigate.

With so many Jianghu People killed in the Demon Sealing Valley this time, she wasn’t sure if anyone besides Chen Yuan and Thirteen Lang Luo was still alive.

In her current state, she couldn’t search the entire Demon Sealing Valley to find anyone still breathing and finish them off.

If even one person survived, the truth of the Demon Sealing Valley would be completely exposed to the Jianghu, and she, as a remnant of the valley, would surely be attacked by everyone.

Bai Xuewei’s concerns were not without reason.

An hour after she left, many Jianghu People who heard the commotion came to check it out, including many low-level Disciples of the Iron Clad Gate.

Everyone was shocked to see the Demon Sealing Valley in ruins and immediately began searching the area.

The first to be dug out was Wei Guangming.

He was the strongest and had a powerful Physical Body; even when a thousand-pound boulder fell on him, he managed to endure it.

And when the Formation collapsed, although most of his Internal Energy had been drained, he still had ten or twenty percent left, so he wasn’t completely spent.

Wei Guangming looked around blankly, his face suddenly turning sinister as he gnashed his teeth, but for a moment, he didn’t know who to curse.

Chen Yuan and Thirteen Lang Luo had killed his elite subordinates and deliberately watched him fall into a trap while they took the benefits—they deserved to die!

That old fellow, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable, had plotted for a thousand years to use them as sacrifices for the demon weapon—he also deserved to die!

The Three Demon Clans had pretended to be good people for a thousand years, and that bitch Bai Xuewei even used herself as bait to lure them into a trap—she deserved to die even more!

They all deserved to die, but he was severely injured, hadn’t obtained the Cultivation Technique, and his elite subordinates had suffered heavy losses. For a moment, Wei Guangming felt like crying but had no tears.

Besides Wei Guangming, Old Daoist Qi beside him was also dug out.

He was in an even more miserable state, covered in blood with a face as pale as a corpse.

If he hadn’t used a secret technique as a trump card at the critical moment, he probably would have died.

One after another, a few more survivors were found within the Demon Sealing Valley.

Over a thousand Martial Artists had entered the Demon Sealing Valley; excluding Chen Yuan and Thirteen Lang Luo, fewer than ten people survived in the end.

In fact, they should all thank Chen Yuan.

If Chen Yuan hadn’t released the demon weapon Corpse Forest at the critical moment, and they had instead waited until the Three Absolute Evil Venerable could no longer hold out, they would have been sucked dry long before the Corpse Forest broke free.